How old is "Keeping up with the Jones's"? Who or what are they? And why do I need to keep up with them?

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• Miller@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  It’s about community peer pressured consumerism, they are placeholder neighbours and its as old as humanity.

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• etherphon@piefed.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Pretty old. You don’t, it’s a folly to compare yourself to other people, there’s countless other sayings, proverbs, sutras, koans, etc. saying so, be happy with who you are and what you have, life is not a competition despite all their efforts to make it one.

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  • Patnou@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Jesus mate i mean this in all seriousness that should be in the constitution or bible or something. No sarcasm in that. But it really probably wakes people up to view it from that stand point. Good one. Much love.

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    • cattywampas@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      There are most definitely Bible passages about this sort of thing.

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    • Diddlydee@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Comparison is the thief of joy

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    • HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      That’s the 10th commandment.

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• Soulifix@piefed.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  It’s a class-based metaphor that judges how successful you are when compared to an idealistic version of someone who is successful by class. The Jones’s are portrayed metaphorically as this rich, up-to-date, always on top of things, always getting things first and other things. If you don’t meet those kind of qualifications, then you’re not keeping up with the Jones’s.

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  • HeHoXa@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    MontyPythonClass

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